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Top-ten from the Asian-Oceanic Glaucoma Society Meeting
Guangzhou, China, December 5-7, 2008
Makoto Araie
- A population-based study in Shihpai, China, revealed that occludable angle was identified in 203 (44%) of 444 subjects. Prevalence of primary angle-closure suspect, primary angle closure and primary angle-closure glaucoma was 31.6%, 9.0%, and 4.0%, respectively (Y.C. Ko, et al., Taipei, Taiwan)
- Vision-related quality of life (VRQL) in glaucoma patients was associated with not only visual acuity, but also with visual field damage. Decrease in VRQL was mainly evident in the disturbance of dark adaptation and read-write ability. VRQL could be improved by systemic health education (R. Luo, et al., Guangzhou, China)
- An ultrasound biomicroscopy study found appositional angle closure in at least one position in 99 (26.1%) in light condition and in 264 (69.7%) in dark condition of 379 eyes with narrow anterior chamber (J. Zhao, et al., Beijing, China)
- In measurements of Stratus OCT, RNFL thickness tended to be measured as thicker with an increase in optic disc size when using the Fast RNFL thickness mode (diameter = fixed 3.4 mm). When using the customized measurement circle (diameter = 0.85 mm + disc diameter), the influence of optic disc size could be reduced. (S.J. Ha, Seoul, Korea)
- An experiment using mice suggested that estrogen increased corneal thickness and collagen fibers in the sclera, which might suggest the vulnerability of the lamina cribrosa. (X. Liu, et al., Chengdu, China)
- A population-based study in Japan showed that normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) had no inter-sex difference in its prevalence and NTG affected both eyes with similar frequencies (A. Iwase, et al., Gifu, Japan)
- Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measured by a spectral domain OCT in 166 healthy Korean subjects was associated with age and axial length, but not with intraocular pressure and visual acuity. (S. Hong, et al., Seoul, Korea)
- Subconjunctival administration of bevacizumab was effective as an adjunctive regimen to trabeculectomy in seven consecutive glaucoma eyes with a history of unsuccessful laser or surgical procedures (J. Choi, et al., Incheon, Seoul)
- An ex-vivo experiment using rabbit or mouse ciliary arteries revealed that antiglaucomatous prostaglandin analogues relaxed the ciliary arteries and decreased [Ca2+]I, of which the mechanism did not depend on nitric oxide or intrinsic prostaglandin production (T. Yoshitomi, et al., Akita, Japan)
- Implantation of an Ahmed Valve safely and effectively reduced intraocular pressure in five children with refractory glaucoma (two traumatic glaucoma, one neovascular glaucoma following Coat's disease and two recurrence after glaucoma surgeries). (R. Wu, et al., Hanghzou, China)
